Four parasomal sacs showing them in longitudinal section each at the base of a surface depression. Trichocysts extend into each lateral ridge (lateral ridges do not have kinetodesmal fibers). Bulbous ends of parasomal sacs are covered with clathrin cages. TEM taken on 4/7/80 by R. Allen with Hitachi HU11A operating at 75kV. Neg. 12,250X. Bar = 0.5?m. The negative was printed to paper and the image was scanned to Photoshop. This digitized image is available for qualitative analysis. An unprocessed, high resolution version of this image (CIL:12611) is in the library and available for quantitative analysis. Standard glutaraldehyde fixation followed by osmium tetroxide, dehydrated in alcohol and embedded in an epoxy resin. Microtome sections prepared at approximately 75nm thickness. Additional information available at (http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/allen/).
Biological Process: Cortical cytoskeleton organization, Cilium axoneme assembly, Trichocyst localization, Clathrin coat assembly
Author: Richard Allen (University of Hawaii)
Source: The Cell: An Image Library
